Deauville 2015 - Michael Bay: "I'm not a bad guy!"

BLOCKBUSTER MANIAC - At 50, producer Michael Bay weighs no less than $ 6.5 billion in worldwide box office with "Bad Boys," "The Rock," "Armageddon" or the saga "Transformers". This year the American Film Festival of Deauville was keen to pay tribute. Meeting with a mogul action film.

Michael Bay launched his cabin on the boards of Deauville, where a tribute is paid to him this year.

 In movies, the action never falls: it hits, it explodes, it boxing ... Are you afraid of the void?(Laughs) No, not at all. The calm does not bother me. One of my favorite shots of all the history of cinema is indeed in Lawrence of Arabia: a beautiful landscape, the sun, a horse ... Nothing more. The films I made did not require silence, it's true. That said, my filmography is not just to detonations ... I build heroes who live extraordinary situations and transport the audience to something great. Child, I was looking for it when I went to the cinema on Sunday with my parents. A movie like Star Wars impressed me. Later, I loved Die Hard, Leon, Nikita ... and work of James Cameron, of course.People have many misconceptions about you. What is it that irritates you the most?Whether you think I'm a bad guy. It's just the opposite. I am a very honest and loyal man. I work hard and control all aspects of a plateau. I'm not one to slip away in a caravan. Oh no! I breathe only when I turn. I touch everything: put blood on actors, wearing the camera ... Hold (he shows his thumb), I got injured just a few days filming. I like getting my hands dirty."I'm super happy when the eyes of a kid shine before my movies."Is not it stressful to make films that cost such fortunes?If (laughter). Damn it's exhausting! Why I always tell people to avoid this trade: the pressure, fatigue ... In Hollywood, if someone gives you money, you've got to give him the lead. You need a good return on investment. (Reflection) I want to do smaller things that approximate the experiences could live a film student.Talk about the critics, who have not always been kind to you ...What is boring, it is those who are already doing an opinion before seeing the film. But listen: you have 500 journalists grumpy one side and millions of people who come to discover Transformers ... I prefer the second family of people. I have many fans and I'm super happy when the eyes of a kid shine before my films.What would you have done if you had not become a filmmaker?I list: vet, baseball player, magician, photographer or architecture.A tribute to Deauville, how does it feel?Two things: it's nice and it makes you feel really old! (laughs)ALSO READ >> The American Film Festival of Deauville pays tribute to Ian McKellen